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Brandon, You are doing a great job identifying important information and questions for further research from the articles. Now you should start to think about how the information and questions "fit together." Begin to identify themes/topics that you will include in your essay. Chuck


Questions for further Research June 30, 2010:
1) Why was hate the main problem of everything?
2) Why did the Native Americans kill Anne Hutchinson, even though Anne Hutchinson wanted to help them?
3) Who were the real "bad guys" in this conflict?
4) Why was "Square-Neck Designs" so important and different?
5) Who were the main players in this conflict, and why?



NOTES
50 red bagged in the night raids here;
martens's cheif aid under arrest;
house gets sedition bill with 'teeth' january 6th 1920

• a stong force arrests 50 people for being afilliated with communists
• attorny by the name of rorke said that communists still have to obey federal laws of the united states (they apply to american reds)
• a communist secretory was arrested because he was secretory of the new york stae communist party(found in 1567 fulton avenue in the bronx)
• socialists threat to join forces with the communists as a result to the raids they quote: the socialist party raises the voice of the empithetic and solem protest agianst america's activities raids etc.
• the soviet leader was arrested and later crossed examined by cheif william j. flynn
• the soviet leader was sent with 401 people to be deported to russia \
• weinstein was one of the most influential communists of that time
• a new law was created:it said that anyone who tries to excecute abolish the american form of government or anything in that category would be fined 5,000 or imprisoned for more then 6 years or even both

QUESTIONS

• what was a better way America could have delt with the deportation some people were innocent)?
• how would deporting soviet leaders back to their countries stop the problem of communisim?
• what was weinstein trying to do while he was in america as a soviet leader?
• are the laws of communisim still in effect today in present America?

this is the article link:

Barred Members Arraigned 8Jan1920:

The Start of the Jury:

(1)Judiciary Committee to pass on right to take their seats,
(2)Lined up before speaker,
(3)Sweet tells them they were elected on platform inimical to state of country,
(4)Senator Lusk Doubtful-- Say "there should be distinction between evolutionary and revolutionary socialism"
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5 Socialist members elected from districts in New York City:

1. Samuel A. Dewitt
2. Samuel Orr -- Both of these two men, representing the third and fourth Assembly Districts in the Bronx.
3. Charles Solomon -- Representing the Brownsville District in Brooklyn
4. Louis Waldman
5. August Claessens -- Both, representing the eight in and seventeenth Assembly Districts in Manhattan

Cause:

Taken under a resolution introduced by Majority Leader Simon L. Adler and this resolution was supported and opposed by votes, giving the Majority Leader Simon L. Adler votes 140, supporting the idea. And the total number of people opposing to the resolution was 6. Those 6 people were 4 socialist members and 2 democrats from the Bronx, which were, William S. Evans of the fifth and J. Fairfax McLaughlin of the Eighth District.

Questions:

1. Why did the resolution come into play?
2. Did the resolution had a long time line, when it came to having it into play? Was it successful?

--addition to above

Barred Members Arraigned
JANUARY 8th 1920

NOTES

• 5 socialist members elected from districts in NYC go to the u.s capitol for an opening legislative session

(some men excluded from taking seat in the in the assembly body pending investigations by their judiciary committee on their membership qualifications)

• the excluded men were Samuel A. Dewitt and Samuel Orr (Third and Fourth Bronx assembly districts)also Charles solomon(Brownsville district in Brooklyn) also Louis Waldman and August claessens(eighth and seventeenth districts in Manhattan)
• the action of the house was taken under a resolution introduced by majority leader Simon L. Adler and was adopted by a vote of 140 to 6
• 6 of those negative votes were made up of four socialists and 2 democrats from the Bronx
• the socialist party said Adler's resolution was inimical to the best interests of the u.s and new york state (to the party)[this shows that the socialists party took direct opposition of world war one]
• the action against the socialists took five socialists by surprise when they were peraded and taken to the assembly chamber which put them in front of everyone including their fellow members and hundreds of guests and spectators

Barred Socialists Again Attack Lush
JANUARY 11th 1920

NOTES

• the five socialists that were suspended from the new york state assembly made a statement that reiterated charges that papers seized and laid on the soviet bureau
• there were two protests on 110th street and fifth avenue more than 2000 people supported the speakers
• republicans walked out of the room
• the socialists say that they intended to file the charges they were accused before the state legislature but they weren't permitted to do so

Questions

• how did these representatives fight for or benefit the Bronx districts?
• what nationalities lived in the assembly districts? (including Brooklyn)?
• were all the communities in the Bronx socialist or believed in socialist methods?

Aims At Parlor Reds-Bill To Curb Them Calls For Simplifying Penal Statues
JANUARY 14th 1920

NOTES

• senator black(democrat,Brooklyn)proposed to curb the activities of parlor socialists on January 14 1920
• black had mentioned that the activities the socialists was doing wasn't focusing on the rich and poor violators like the democrats and republicans plan, raises were going to get increased for the police department (for deputy superintendent 2,500 to 3,000 dollars- for captains 1,800 to 2,400 dollars-for lieutenants from 1,500 to 1,800 dollars- 60 dollars for privates)
• a bill designed to make good Friday a legal holiday was introduced by assemblyman J. Fairfax .McLaughlin Democrats of the Bronx

QUESTIONS

• how would the idea of curbing the activities of socialists help the Bronx communities
• what did the socialists do in return to this action against them

Threaten to Unseat Socialist Aldermen
JANUARY 17th 1920
NOTES

• Democrats and socialists combined to vote a request that the assembly can reconsider its suspension on the socialist members
• The assembly said if the socialists continue to be unseated they will proceed to throw out of the board of aldermen
• Aldermen vladeck (socialist) says that two years before the event, a conference was held by democratic members of the board as to weather the socialist members should be seated but no action was taken
• Alderman Bruce M. Falconer (republican) admitted that he had drawn such a resolution but it was never presented the democrats refusing to agree
• notice was made saying if the assembly succeeded to expel the socialist members, action to investigate socialist alderman would be taken by the republicans
• president of the board and democratic majority wrangled with the republicans before the passage of the reconsideration resolution was laid down the prior week to this event
• William J. Flynn commissioner of public works for the Bronx broke from his party and voted negative with the republicans

QUESTIONS

• why were socialists portrayed so badly disrespected in assembly
• why did the commissioner of public works for the Bronx vote negative when their were socialist Bronx representatives in assembly
• how did the people of the Bronx have an effect on the socialist in assembly

Evidence Against Socialists Admitted In Face of Bitter Protests By Council; Radical Speech By Claessens Put In
JANUARY 23rd 1920

NOTEShave

• socialist members expect an adverse decision from the court trial
• august claessens mad a speech the previous November (one of the suspended socialists) the speech contained incendiary and invective on the government and abuse of the American people
• the speech was read before the assembly judiciary committee to determine if the five socialists can be restored of their assembly seats/to membership
• the hearing was adjourned until the next Tuesday of the speech reading
• the mass of evidence introduced had contained copies of the national and new york state constitutions of the spa (socialist party of America)
• two of the defendants Claessens and Louis Waldman were affiliated with radical pamphlets and the membership cards of other socialist members
• while claessens speech was being read into the record the chairmen martin had the occasion for the first time to rebuke sternly spectators from applauding the most incendiary utterances embodied into the speeches if this happens martin said to have the chamber cleared
• the socialist constitution required every socialist candidate to leave with his executive secretary of his organization a blank resignation before obtaining his nomination
• many objections were made by the socialist lawyers the evidence offered but were later overruled
• socialists also objected the testimony saying the evidence is irrelevant and bias

QUESTIONS

• why were the socialist lawyers objecting during the trial
• how did the trial effect the Bronx socialist supporters
• what did the socialist say in return to the allegations

Will Try Again To Seat Socialists
JANUARY 26th 1920

NOTES

• The final decision was made the 26th of January
• three resolutions were introduced in the whole case
• two resolutions were fathered by (republican) assemblyman William c. Ramos
• Ramos says the actions of new york city were unconstitutional and all acts of the suspension were invalid
• trying to propose these resolutions failed
• it was predicted that these resolutions wouldn't be adopted
• some republicans agree that the suspension is unconstitutional so there party had a dissension
• there will be more resolutions proposed from both sides the next time the assembly meets

QUESTIONS

• what was the best resolution for the Bronx
• how did the Bronx residents feel about the change of mind of some republicans
• does the resolutions change the way that socialists at the time thought of republicans

Refuse to Reseat Socialist Five
JANUARY 27th 1920

NOTES

• assembly again refuses to reseat pending the outcome of their trial before the judiciary committee
• doing this ended the fourth futilt effort
• the fight for the oppisition was lead by assemblyman william c. amos and joseph steinberg, (new york city republicans) and monroe bloch (democrat)
• the trial was resumed the day after the article was written
• the speaker directed chairman martin of the committiee to speed up the procceedings with a view, if possible of reaching a detrmination weather to give the seats to the suspended socialists
• amos offered three more resoloutions which the speaker declared were not privileged and therefore could not be read one of them was relieved
• another resolution was that the socialists were linked with an allen empire and were guilty of treason was mearly oratory or based on evidence

QUESTIONS

• how did the bronx democrat feel about the allegations
• why was this matter not brought to the federal government to get it done
• why is it that many bronx representatives were socialists

Use Lusk Evidence To Show Socialists Support Red Aims
JANUARY 29th 1920

NOTES

• ex socialist testifies to singing pre election resignition and to being disciplined
• the trial was disaprooved
• the testamony of mayor geroge r. lunn of schenectady (democrat) was twice elected by socialists
• he ignored the resignation provision to make certain apoinments desired by the party dictation he was read out of the party with schenectady

brandon valdes